The bridge washed out and I can't swim and my baby's on the other side      When I awoke this a morning the rain was a pouring down   I was gonna wed the little river girl just over the bridge across town   Now I'm a runnin' up and down the river and my nerves're drivin' me wild      Cause the bridge washed out I can't swim and my baby's on the other side      Rain oh rain stop a fallin' dark clouds hurry from the sky   The preacher and my bride're waitin' and the weddin' bells're startin' to chime   I can't kiss and hold her and it's drivin' me out of my mind      Cause the bridge washed out and I can't swim and my baby's on the other side      [ Break ]      Now I got one foot in the water the one foot solid on the ground   I try to swim that ragin' old river but I know if I try I'd drown   There's not a boat around me they walked on out with the tide      And the bridge washed out and I can't swim and my baby's on the other side      Rain oh rain stop a fallin' dark clouds hurry from the sky   The preacher and my bride're waitin' and the weddin' bells're startin' to chime   I can't kiss and hold her and it's drivin' me out of my mind      Yeah the bridge washed out and I can't swim and my baby's on the other side